Doagh fishing
58s Jul 18, 2014
58s
Derry riots and dating
51s Jul 18, 2014
51s
Culdaff beaches
24s Jul 18, 2014
24s
Crockalough
41s Jul 18, 2014
41s
Creepy bridge
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Crawford the henman
J.P. Bradley from Inishowen has a great gravelly voice that is perfect for telling a funny story.
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Craignamaddy viewpoint
The view from Craignamaddy viewpoint overlooking both the Atlantic and Foyle estuary is so stunning, we've recruited Beethoven himself to help Sean McMahon tell us what you are looking at from left to right. Best enjoyed early on a clear day!
42s Jul 18, 2014
42s
Best place to catch crabs in Ireland
38s Jul 18, 2014
38s
Choughs at Five Finger
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Chair of Leisure
55s Jul 18, 2014
55s
Carrickagabraghy castle
59s Jul 18, 2014
59s
Saldanha's sole survivor
Sean McMahon tells us the unfortunate episode of how the only living survivor of a nearby naval disaster met his end due to mistaken identity!
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Buncrana old pier
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Buncrana castle
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Bocan stone circle
44s Jul 18, 2014
44s
Black dog of Fahan
45s Jul 18, 2014
45s
Binnion
36s Jul 18, 2014
36s
Big Nights
Inishowen fiddle maestro, Dinny 'White Harra' McLaughlin, hosted the Rambling House radio series on the 1st October 2009. Here our director, Seoirse O'Dochartaigh, asks Dinny how exactly certain homes in Ireland became known as rambling houses to their local community. As always, Dinny gave a comprehensive and colourful response, including the less than exotic honeymoon destination for a newly ...
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Avoiding the rosary
3m Jul 18, 2014
3m
Alcohol factory
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Inishowen welcome
Sean McMahon welcomes you all to the peninsula of Inishowen right at the northern tip of Donegal.
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Hi!
18s Jul 18, 2014
18s
Urris - poitin republic
35s Jul 18, 2014
35s
St. Eigne's holy well
Shrine Eighteen: All's well that ends well.  Location: 55.2338, -7.49924 At the top of Mamore, you should stop off to view St. Eigne's Holy Well, renowned for its healing qualities and situated beside shrines to the Virgin Mother and St. Padre Pio. There's a small tin jug by the well and you are encouraged to fill a bottle of holy water to bring home and cure ailments from the eyes to the limb...
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Shroove view
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
The Rockytown light
5m Jul 18, 2014
5m
Redcastle
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Monty's Dad remembers
Listen to a fascinating account from Reverend Sir Henry Montgomery of what life was like in 19th century Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland.
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Mamore
37s Jul 18, 2014
37s
Lough Foyle
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Half inch candle
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Greencastle
40s Jul 18, 2014
40s
Glacial Inishowen
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Foyle Bridge
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Crossing the Foyle
1m Jul 18, 2014
1m
Baseline
The late Sean McMahon gives us an overview of the work done here by Thomas Colby in the 1820s and how it served as the inspiration for arguably the most important Irish play of the last 50 years, Translations by Brian Friel. Photo: author's own looking over to Magilligan Point where the baseline is - The Point Bar being to the immediate left of the pier. https://www.tailte.ie/en/surveying/abou...
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Airplanes over Derry
Shrine 21: when Inishowen became Paris.  Location: 55.037622, -7.302966 Pedants out there may note we're into another jurisdiction, but as we are five fields from Donegal and in light of the fact that the concept being honoured - human endeavour and bravery - is far bigger than a border, we'll let it stand.  On the morning of May 20, 1932 the flight pioneer set off from Harbour Grace, Newfoun...
2m Jul 18, 2014
2m
Poitin in Inishowen
3m Jul 18, 2014
3m
The bluebells of Rindoon
Late April and the early part of the month of May is the time to visit the wood to see the bluebells and other spring-flowering plants, such as primroses, wood anemones, early purple orchids, etc. It is must see when in the area - added to this is the exquisite birdsong from the trees above. Best enjoyed in early morning sunshine. Narrator Richard Collins owns nearby St. John's House B&B with ...
30s Apr 30, 2014
30s
Bealtaine
Beltaine or Beltane (/ˈbɛlteɪn/) is the Gaelic May Day festival. Most commonly it is held on the 1st May, or about halfway between the spring equinox and the summer solstice. Historically, it was widely observed throughout Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man. In Irish it is Bealtaine ([ˈbʲal̪ˠt̪ˠənʲə]), in Scottish Gaelic Bealltainn ([ˈpjaul̪ˠt̪ˠɪɲ]) and in Manx Gaelic Boaltinn or Boaldyn. It...
2m Apr 30, 2014
2m
Mussenden Temple
Speaker: Sean McMahon RIP Mussenden Temple (https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/mussenden-temple-and-downhill-demesne) is a small circular building perilously located on cliffs near Castlerock in County Derry, high above the Atlantic Ocean on the north-western coast of Northern Ireland. Below it lies Benone Strand, more of which features in our audio. It was built in 1785 and forms part of the e...
2m Apr 08, 2014
2m
Shrove Tuesday
Speaker: Mary Murphy The word shrove is the past participle of the English verb to shrive, which means to obtain absolution for one's sins by way of confession and doing penance. During the week before Lent, sometimes called Shrovetide in English, Christians were expected to go to confession in preparation for the penitential season of turning to God. Shrove Tuesday was the last day before the...
24s Mar 04, 2014
24s
Christian Ireland's Gates of Hell - PG
Speaker: Sean McMahon RIP St. Patrick’s Purgatory is still used by thirty thousand pilgrims between June and August each year. The cave that started it all has been closed since the 25th October, 1632 and covered over by the Basilica. No longer is the ostensible mission to frighten the ignorant into submission, but rather to allow the converted to submit themselves to God through penance, suff...
2m Nov 02, 2013
2m
Ghost stories galore on Inch island - PG
30th October 2013: Five years ago this very evening, I was lucky enough to meet Bertie Brice in his house in Inch Island, Inishowen, County Donegal. Dermot McLaughlin (pictured above in glasses with Bertie) brought me along to the immaculately-kept house that widower Bertie lived in. From the off, weird and wonderful stories flowed from Bertie. For the week that is in it, I am playing a sample ...
27m Oct 30, 2013
27m
Samhain and the Gates of Hell - PG
Speaker: John Ward In Dante’s Inferno, our hero passes through the Gates of Hell, which bear an inscription, the final line of which is the famous phrase "Lasciate ogne speranza, voi ch'intrate", or "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here." No such ominous eloquence greets the visitor to pagan Ireland’s Gates of Hell. The pagan festival of Samhain, now replaced by the Christian feast of Hallowe’...
7m Oct 27, 2013
7m
Irish pub banter
A lot has been written about the Irish pub, but there is no substitute for a visit to one. The sights, the smells and especially the sounds have to be witnessed first hand. Here's a brief recording of some characters in a rural pub in north Donegal where a controversial assertion is thrown to the mob with cacophonous results. Recorded at about 5.30pm on a wet Tuesday, it's a colourful expletive...
54s Oct 23, 2013
54s
Noine thurty foive on Orr-Tee-Eee Wan.
There’s a continuity presenter in Orr – Tee – Eee that really really gets up my goat. Yep, you know the one. Most major things on RTE One are at 9.35. For some reason, RTE have given the job of announcing these things to Ross O’Carroll Kelly’s little sister. Her perky shiny-happy-people south county Dublin voiceover smugly slots into most voiceovers we hear these days on the national broadcaste...
26s Oct 15, 2013
26s
Saluting the great Charles Macklin
Charles Macklin’s long life bookended two pivotal points in Irish history. Born weeks after William of Orange's 1690 triumph by the banks of the Boyne, he died the year before the 1798 Rebellion, just shy of 107. A giant of the London stage, his life had all the ingredients for a great play – lust, greed, murder, envy, ambition and talent. Not the sort of fellow you might think should be honour...
47s Oct 13, 2013
47s
Lughnasa
Amid the chatter and the buzz of the room, I discreetly asked my friend ‘any sign of him?’. ‘Nah, he’s not coming’ was the reply. The elusive Brian Friel was nowhere to be seen. The setting was the Backroom bar of McGrory’s of Culdaff in north Donegal at the commencement of the 24th Charles Macklin autumn school, an annual arts festival paying tribute to a local 18th century actor/playwright wh...
58s Oct 11, 2013
58s
Friday the 13th, omens and luck
Friday the 13th has elicited a lot of unnecessary fear over the years – it’s a day when we’re told to look out for omens of bad luck. Where did it all come from? To answer this, we have an extract from the comedy play, The Twilight Court in which an expert on omens, Mr. Damien O’Mannion is being questioned by both Counsel for Superstitions and (a slightly inebriated) Counsel for Common Sense. T...
4m Sep 13, 2013
4m